> Korean developer ShiftUp released Stellar Blade last year, and it quickly became a hit. In roughly one year, it has brought in more than $48 million of revenue for the developer, so it won’t be a surprise that the team is working on a follow-up game. However, according to a Q1 2025 fiscal year presentation from ShiftUp, the developer plans to have a sequel before 2027.
BingusMcBongle
Gooner Blade 2
critxcanuck88
Dope
Equivalent_Shoe_6246
The first one had good combat but that was about it. The puzzles were so annoying that I just wanted to skip them to get to more combat sections
AbundlaSticks
Hopefully it’s with a male slutbot this time.
Gornub
The worldbuilding and combat definitely leaves room for a good sequel, but sweet Jesus please put the same amount of effort into the story, characters, writing, and voice direction as you did with the outfits lmao.
Fire_is_beauty
Good stuff.
HydraTower
Before 2027 is crazy
Ok_Description7984
YEAH! This game and Rise Of The Ronin are the only games published by Sony that i bought last year. They are amazing and I’m definitely playing Stellar Blade 2.
NoireResteem
Honestly amazing news. It was definitely my favourite game of last year so I am 100% looking forward to a sequel. Hopefully it’s not a timed exclusive again though.
FluffySheepCritic
No point in creating more games that will just be plagued by intrusive software like Denuvo.
Edit: If you can’t explain your downvote, then it’s irrelevant.
AunMeLlevaLaConcha
Mmmh guess sequel it is, pretty sure they were planning on making the game like a live service, releasing story content over time (DLC), oh well, let’s see how that goes.
Cloud_N0ne
Nah, you can keep that gooner shit to yourself. One was enough.
Mikon77
Great news! This is now the game I’m looking forward to the most! Stellar Blade is probably my favorite game on PS5.
broebt
I hope some of the writing team for NIKKE is working on this. Could be something really special and up there with Nier if they go all out.
zeec123
I liked the demo, bought the game, but then felt like something is off. Something in the middle of the game, Could not point it, until I saw the comment from Electric Underground: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NgX_eN3gj8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NgX_eN3gj8)
FantasticPage3598
Amazing news!
The “stellar blade team” within the company has grown from 98 employees in may 2024 to 107 in March 2025, and considering post launch content wasn’t that big, it seems a decent part of dev time has already been spent on the sequel.
Also, still only 18 people working on Project Witches planned for 2027 release, with more info coming in June. Interesting, maybe the scope of this game is smaller, or they will hire a lot specifically for this very soon I guess (Shift Up wants to grow from 326 to 500+ employees by 2027)
Stellar blade was my goty 2024. So good combat and OST, and I liked the story a lot. The only con was the writing wasn’t the best
Ahhh_Shit_44_Ducks
God damns, BEFORE 2027…so next fucking year some time…. whaaaaaat…..again Goat developer being an absolute Beast
Ancient_Natural1573
Sweet Stellar Blade was fantastic can’t wait for the sequel
Michaeli_Starky
That’s fast.
FairyKnightTristan
I wonder if this game will have actual substance.
Neospartan_117
Good stuff, good stuff. I hope the sequel has open environments that are not deserts, and a much better story. The work to establish the world and the base gameplay loop is done, so I think it’s reasonable to focus more on the weakest parts of the original.
Niklaus15
That doesn’t sound realistic at all, Stellar Blade was an amazing game I don’t want a rushed half baked sequel
ryosan0
Was this game any good? Looked like some kind of sexy Gacha game when I saw the trailer.
Beta_Codex
Already? damn
CataphractBunny
Let’s hope this one isn’t a PlayStation exclusive for a year.
ExplainlikeImForeign
I hope it is released on PC as well from the start…
Unlikely_Cress1076
Bring this to Xbox or switch 2. Please please please please
Mayion
How about letting me buy the original game first on Steam without PSN restriction and Denuvo crap attached to it.
CruffTheMagicDragon
That’d be awesome if it’s good. Games are taking way too long to make and massively overbudget
RevSomethingOrOther
Can’t wait to miss it if it has Denuvo, too.
Rohen2003
hopefully the devs ditch sony as a publisher (if they arent owned by it) dor the second title. the pc release has shown that sony has not stellar blades devs best interests in mind.
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> Korean developer ShiftUp released Stellar Blade last year, and it quickly became a hit. In roughly one year, it has brought in more than $48 million of revenue for the developer, so it won’t be a surprise that the team is working on a follow-up game. However, according to a Q1 2025 fiscal year presentation from ShiftUp, the developer plans to have a sequel before 2027.
Gooner Blade 2
Dope
The first one had good combat but that was about it. The puzzles were so annoying that I just wanted to skip them to get to more combat sections
Hopefully it’s with a male slutbot this time.
The worldbuilding and combat definitely leaves room for a good sequel, but sweet Jesus please put the same amount of effort into the story, characters, writing, and voice direction as you did with the outfits lmao.
Good stuff.
Before 2027 is crazy
YEAH! This game and Rise Of The Ronin are the only games published by Sony that i bought last year. They are amazing and I’m definitely playing Stellar Blade 2.
Honestly amazing news. It was definitely my favourite game of last year so I am 100% looking forward to a sequel. Hopefully it’s not a timed exclusive again though.
No point in creating more games that will just be plagued by intrusive software like Denuvo.
Edit: If you can’t explain your downvote, then it’s irrelevant.
Mmmh guess sequel it is, pretty sure they were planning on making the game like a live service, releasing story content over time (DLC), oh well, let’s see how that goes.
Nah, you can keep that gooner shit to yourself. One was enough.
Great news! This is now the game I’m looking forward to the most! Stellar Blade is probably my favorite game on PS5.
I hope some of the writing team for NIKKE is working on this. Could be something really special and up there with Nier if they go all out.
I liked the demo, bought the game, but then felt like something is off. Something in the middle of the game, Could not point it, until I saw the comment from Electric Underground: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NgX_eN3gj8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NgX_eN3gj8)
Amazing news!
The “stellar blade team” within the company has grown from 98 employees in may 2024 to 107 in March 2025, and considering post launch content wasn’t that big, it seems a decent part of dev time has already been spent on the sequel.
Also, still only 18 people working on Project Witches planned for 2027 release, with more info coming in June. Interesting, maybe the scope of this game is smaller, or they will hire a lot specifically for this very soon I guess (Shift Up wants to grow from 326 to 500+ employees by 2027)
Stellar blade was my goty 2024. So good combat and OST, and I liked the story a lot. The only con was the writing wasn’t the best
God damns, BEFORE 2027…so next fucking year some time…. whaaaaaat…..again Goat developer being an absolute Beast
Sweet Stellar Blade was fantastic can’t wait for the sequel
That’s fast.
I wonder if this game will have actual substance.
Good stuff, good stuff. I hope the sequel has open environments that are not deserts, and a much better story. The work to establish the world and the base gameplay loop is done, so I think it’s reasonable to focus more on the weakest parts of the original.
That doesn’t sound realistic at all, Stellar Blade was an amazing game I don’t want a rushed half baked sequel
Was this game any good? Looked like some kind of sexy Gacha game when I saw the trailer.
Already? damn
Let’s hope this one isn’t a PlayStation exclusive for a year.
I hope it is released on PC as well from the start…
Bring this to Xbox or switch 2. Please please please please
How about letting me buy the original game first on Steam without PSN restriction and Denuvo crap attached to it.
That’d be awesome if it’s good. Games are taking way too long to make and massively overbudget
Can’t wait to miss it if it has Denuvo, too.
hopefully the devs ditch sony as a publisher (if they arent owned by it) dor the second title. the pc release has shown that sony has not stellar blades devs best interests in mind.